AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: Optimization, Decision Sciences, Data Analytics, Operations Research

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

• Zhang, D.+, Yu, C.+, Desai, J., Lau, H.Y.K., and Srivathsan, S+. (2016), “A time-space network flow approach to dynamic repositioning in bicycle sharing systems”, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, available online (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2016.12.006.)
• Wang, K*., Desai, J. and He, H. (2016), “A proximal partially parallel splitting method for separable convex programs”, Optimization Methods and Software, available online (DOI: 10.1080/10556788.2016.1200044).
• Desai, J. and Kishore, S. (2016), “A global optimization framework for distributed antenna systems in CDMA cellular networks”, Annals of Operations Research, available online (DOI: 10.1007/s10479-016-2306-1).
• He, H., Desai, J. and Wang, K*. (2016), “A primal-dual prediction-correction algorithm for saddle point optimization”, Journal of Global Optimization, available online (DOI: 10.1007/s10898-016-0437-1).
• Zhang, D+., Yu, C+., Desai, J. and Lau, H.Y.K. (2016), A math-heuristic algorithm for integrated air service recovery, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological 84: 211-236.
• Kumar, R+ and Desai, J. (2016), “Solution of monotone semidefinite linear complementarity problem by the modified potential reduction interior point method”, Optimization Letters 10(7): 1417-1448.
• Desai, J. and Wang, K. (2015), “Lagrangian Optimization for LP: Theory and Algorithms”, In: Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science 2nd edition (editor: James J. Cochran), available online. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470400531.eorms0447.pub2.)
• Wang, K*., Desai, J., and He, H. (2014), “A note on the augmented Lagrangian-based parallel splitting method”, Optimization Letters 9: 1199-1212.<.li>
• Sherali, H.D., Dalkiran, E. and Desai, J. (2012), “Enhancing RLT-based LP relaxations for solving polynomial programming problems via a new class of v-semidefinite cuts”, Computational Optimization and Applications 52(2): 483-506. Desai, J. (2011), “Lagrangian optimization for LP”, In: Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science (editor: James J. Cochran) Volume 04: 2691-2702.
• Desai, J. and Sen, S. (2010), “A global optimization algorithm for reliable network design”, European Journal of Operational Research 200(1): 1-8.
• Sherali, H.D., Desai, J. and Glickman, T.S. (2008), Optimal allocation of risk-reduction resources in event trees, Management Science 54: 1313-1321.
• Bozorg, M., Sherali, H.D., Davison, E., and Desai, J. (2006), “Computation of parameter stability margins using polynomial programming techniques”, International Journal of Control 79(7): 739-751.
• Sherali, H.D., Desai, J. and Rakha, H. (2006), “A discrete optimization approach for locating Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) readers for the provision of roadway travel times”, Transportation Research-Part B: Methodological 40: 857-871.
• Sherali, H.D. and Desai, J. (2005), “A global optimization RLT-based approach for solving the fuzzy clustering problem”, Journal of Global Optimization 33(4): 597-615.
• Sherali, H.D. and Desai, J. (2005), “On solving polynomial, factorable, and black-box optimization problems via the RLT Methodology”, In: Essays and Surveys in Global Optimization, Audet, C., Hansen, P., Savard, G. eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 131-164.
• Sherali, H.D. and Desai, J. (2005), “A global optimization RLT-based approach for solving the hard clustering problem”, Journal of Global Optimization 32(2): 281-306.
• Sherali, H.D., Desai, J., and Glickman, T.S. (2004), “Allocating emergency response resources to minimize risk under equity considerations”, American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences 24(3/4): 367-410.

REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

• Merabet, M.,Desai, J. and Molnar, M. (2018), A generalization of the minimum branch vertices spanning tree problem, In: Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5th International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization (ISCO) 2018, Marrakesh, Morocco.
• Prakash, R.* and Desai, J. (2017), “A data-splitting algorithm for flight sequencing and scheduling on two runways”, Proceedings of the Industrial & Systems Engineering Research Conference, Pittsburgh, USA.
• Merabet, M.+, Desai, J. and Molnar, M. (2017), “A generalization of the minimum branch vertices spanning tree problem”, Proceedings of the 24th International Colloquium on Structural Information and Communication Complexity, In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Springer), Porquerolles, FR.
• Zhang, T.*, Desai, J. and Wan, M.P. (2017), “Optimal temperature control in smart buildings via model predictive control and optimization”, Proceedings of the Industrial & Systems Engineering Research Conference, Pittsburgh, USA.
• Lai, W.Y.*, Yu, C.+, Li, L.*, and Desai, J. (2017), “A 0-1 MINLP approach for solving the air cargo loading problem”, Proceedings of the Industrial & Systems Engineering Research Conference, Pittsburgh, USA.
• Cheung, W.L.*, Desai, J., and Prakash, R*. (2017), “An improved macroscopic analytical model for estimating runway capacity”, Proceedings of the Industrial & Systems Engineering Research Conference, Pittsburgh, USA.
• Desai, J., Guan, L.+, and Srivathsan, S.*, (2017), “A hybrid penalty-based dynamic departure pushback control policy”, Proceedings of the Industrial & Systems Engineering Research Conference, Pittsburgh, USA.
• Desai, J. and Prakash, R*. (2016), “Flight sequencing and scheduling: A data-driven approach”, Proceedings of the Industrial & Systems Engineering Research Conference, Anaheim, USA.
• Desai, J. and Prakash, R*. (2016), “An optimization framework for terminal sequencing and scheduling: The single runway case”, Proceedings of the Complex Systems Design & Management Conference, In: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (Springer), Singapore, 195-207. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29643-2).
• Gupte, A., Missoum, S., Desai, J. and Sen, S. (2007), “A multidisciplinary design optimization algorithm with distributed autonomous subsystems”, Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Seoul, South Korea.
• Sherali H., Desai J., Rakha H. and El-Shawarby, I. (2003), “A discrete optimization approach for locating AVI readers for the provision of roadway travel times”, Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 82nd Annual Meeting, Washington DC, CD-ROM [Paper # 03-2596]